2001’s top stories

By 12.27.2001 :: 10:17AM EDT12.27.2001

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with 2002 less than a week away, tech sites are coming up with their assessment of 2001. brighthand's “2001: what happened?” lists its top 10 pda stories for the year. the top story is the pda meltdown, i.e., sales of the most popular pdas were down. for example, ipaq revenues went down 60% quarter over quarter. palm's last quarter figures are 44% lower than the same period last year. the number 2 story is the price war that erupted among palm, handspring, and sony. who imagined that palm's m100 would be selling for under $50? number 3 is psion's exit from the consumer market. many fans are still in shock. catch the article here.joel's note: i'm still in shock that psion dropped out of the market. i figured palm would eventually sell a device for under $50 so that's not a surprise at all, especially since the company is not truly selling one for $50 yet.

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pdas 2001(6:21pm est thu dec 27 2001)without sony the palm platform would die either 2001 or 2002… they are the only true inovators… sony rules – by tmx

everyone's waiting for the nokia 9290…(12:14am est fri dec 28 2001)just look at the european sales of its twin, the 9210. it's number one in europe, and will be number one here too when it's released.

microsoft is so afraid of the symbian consortium that in speeches and their transcripts “symbian” is replaced with “inaudible”.